Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-12-27
Especial Correspondence !

Edditer--SenCe ritin you last frjtm the
sect Of government, thar has been some
legislntn goin on of a preliminary car.
Rckter, but no results has been reacht yit.
| hav notist that when thar is q long
session of congress III view, it takes us
statesmen about tire and q hat times
longer to make up our minds, than it does
in a short session when we air crowded
fer time and hav got to work instcd of
talkin.
Talkn Is the balm of statesmen.
Eff | talkt one third as long over selling
yoke of yerlin steers rs do over passin
n bill er not passn it, MY farm would hav
morgidges onto it 50 deep that a four foot
bull tongue pillow, pulled by q six mule
teen. wouldn't moren scratch a streek in
the Sie And tharS congressman here
that kin talk more in fifteen minutes than
| kin in eighteen months But / amt
findin no fault with my colleges. States
men hav got to hav vent for Their sur
plus patriotism, and ef we was all dun
what would become Of national orretory,
and what would become of The Congress
sional ReccordY Thar is n good many
printers carnin livin settn up the types
fer that valublc jurnal, and Their ockupa-
ton would be gone cf thar was no talkin
AM lei tllc NOl y. To-Day
and forever, and before | would take even
peace of pie out of emmy of Their mouths
ide talk ten my tongue got Corns onto it
and the hinges of my jaws was wore clean
out.
The presidents mcssidge is the prinsipel
event of the session so fer, and it has
caused a good dcel of comment per and
con. This tariff question heretofore
has always bothered me jist how to git
myself fixed on it SOS | wouldent topple
over to neither side. I am in favor of the
pore man gttin the very highest wages,
and at the same time buyin everything he
needed at the very lowest prices.
What the country needs is free trade
fer the buyers and perfection fer the sci
lcrs, and my idec of a tariff reform is
change in our present sistcna that will Civ
| the nation sech result. 1t may not come
in my day. | don't expect that it will, but
my Children and my grand Children, and
yorc Children and yorC grand Children air
comm right on and it is our duty to per-
vide them ut least with n foundation onto
which they kin bid n superstruCtor that
will contane all the modern comforts and
be monument of politclc and economical
Architecture comandlng the admiration and
prazc Of the iutire slviliZed world. My
constituents air devidCd between plane
agricultural farmers and sheep rasers,
and 1T has been the study of my public
life to lern how to harmon2c them down
to Workn basis on this CRATE and all i'm
portant question, but SO fer without suck
sestul result
Another pint in tile messidGe is tetchin
the serpluS IN tho treasury The nation
as nation is maxim too mulch money,
and thar is Il loud call from all quarters
for devide of the protects. We air gittn
to be great national capitalist, and IN
that respeck we mir liable to become a
stencil in the Eostr2ls CT tic peer man,
which IS the most numerous and respect
ibble class we hav, considered from o
votin pint of view. l um tharfore will
the people on this isshue. can'l
clerly suggest how we air goin to git
our sheer at this present time, but
the principcl is right. and l give my
voice with the majority IN dcmandin that
it be done, ard that promptly and with
despatch, and ! shall be heerd in the halls
OF national legislation on this crate and
important subjeck at the appintcd time.
Hayin Civ yore rcedcrs what l consid-
der q few stutcsmanlike an coavincin
arguments on this matter without clab-
bcratin the detalcs, ! Will now turn yorc
attention to miner things of ntrust.
forgot TO mention il my last letter
that on the opcnin day Of congress, jst
after the prar by the chaplin, u man got
up in the GALAXY and sung Praise God
from whom all blessings Gow" 1t was
unushulc, not to cay unexpected, and
created some confusion, bUt to me it Was
very Appropriate. l hecrd one man say
that the crank had made mistake and
ought to have waited tell TIE end Of the
session to do his sinCin, but treeted him
will a.,
at mighty low cbb, when every sitizcn
Of this great and G!oryous republic don't
think the Lord should be praised at the
time when the self sncrifisin rcppcrcse nta-
tives Of sixty milyuus of free people meet
together fer the pcrpus Of legislatin on
our mutule intruStS collectively, and dom
little log rollin individually fer them as
air not statesmen themselves, but air
willin to help others TO be rervidin they
air not forgot when the pickins air beiu
distributed
Sosicty is beginnin to open up like n
new millinary shop in the spring, and
sines is numerous that the capital will
soon present gay aud giddy seen Of
friVolIty and faShun. The wimmcn of
this crate and Eioryou3 nation air too
hansum not to want to cut q vide swath
in the butiful green meddcrs of society
boldly, soul and britchcs.
Mandy was here last winter, and after
she has got over her trip to Urop and the
continent, Inc th!nkin of lcttiu her come
agin and adorn the oflshal cotera in
which her husband shines with dazlin
brllyants. | clipt that from n sosiety pa
per, Mr. Eaditer, aud you kin see it uint
in ny ordinary sti!e Of ritin. Spcel;in of
Mandy's comm, I'm purity shore she II lie
here, fer she told me she was comm, and
after yers Ct cXpericnts hav about con
cluled shat Naudy's statements rcspcCan
herself are thorrowly reliable llcuse
that's why ! stated abov that | wUs
thnkin Ct lcttin her come. It's NIFTY
good thing besides fer statesman to hav
his wife with Kim in Washinton, fer n
mans wife is lis pride and he kin show
of her good pnts here to stitch advan-
tidCc.
This letter may be n little longer, Mr..
Edditcr, than You expected, but sence the.
mcctin CT congress it has been IN staff of
adjournment morcu haf the time and not
havIn emmy ar,.iouS labor to perform till
we ct the wheels Of legislation Crce7ed
and Eoin. | thought mite as we'll be i'm
provin nay crpcrtunlucs and yore Field Of
uscinlnes 10y Wutin you good leCl fer
1.S. ati C,, H.,